Plate Tectonics

Which can be used as an indicator of past climate?

• fossils

• Lava flows

• Mountain ranges

• tides

Tectonic plates move because of

• convection currents

• Earth's increasing size

• magnetic reversals

• volcanic activity

Oceanic crust forms

• at mid-ocean ridge

• everywhere on the seafloor

• on the abyssal plains

• by magnetic reversals

The process in which hot mantle rises and cold mantle sinks is called

• mid-ocean ridge

• basal drag

• convection

• age data

The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.

• tectonic plates
• faults
• magma
• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

• lava
• magma
• volcano
• earthquake

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3